Stress Contours
 
Stress contours may be plotted on a section for axial, flexural, shear, torsional and combine stresses. Moreover, cracked section stresses may also be viewed for a given value of loading.

 

• These output plots illustrate axial stress contours for axial load and biaxial moment.

 

• These output plots illustrate biaxial shear stress on a section. Stresses may also be viewed along any arbitrary section.

 

• These output plots illustrate shear stress contours of torsion for simple and complex shapes.

               

 

• These output plots illustrate the shear stress caused by torsion on an arbitrary section of a cross-section.

 

• These output plots illustrate that Section Builder can combine stress plots for shear and torsion.

    

 

• These figures illustrate that Section Builder can plot the stress along any arbitrary line through the depth or width of a section.